CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
[The cut on the title shows the medal struck to commemorate the fall of Quebec.]
| CHAPTER I. | |
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| Canada and Louisiana. Andrew McFarland Davis | [1] |
| Illustrations: La Présentation, [3]; Autograph of Callières, [4]; of Vaudreuil, [5];of Beauharnois, [7]; of La Jonquière and of La Galissonière, [8]; One of Céloron’sPlates, [9]; Portrait of Lemoyne d’Iberville, with Autograph, [15]; Environs duMississipi (1700), [22]; Portrait of Bienville, with Autograph, [26]; Autographof Lamothe, [29]; of Lepinay, [31]; Fac-simile of Bill of the Banque Royale, [34];Plans of New Orleans, [37], [38]; View of New Orleans, [39]; Map of the Mississippi,near New Orleans, [41]; Fort Rosalie and Environs, [47]; Plan of FortChartres, [54]; Autograph of Vaudreuil, [57]. | |
| Critical Essay | [63] |
| Illustrations: Autograph of La Harpe, [63]; Portrait of Charlevoix, with Autograph, [64]; Autograph of Le Page, [65]; Map of the Mouths of the Mississippi, [66]; Autograph of De Vergennes, [67]; Coxe’s Map of Carolana, [70]. | |
| Editorial Notes | [75] |
| Illustrations: Portrait of John Law, [75]; his Autograph, [76]. | |
| CARTOGRAPHY OF LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI BASINUNDER THE FRENCH DOMINATION. The Editor | [79] |
| Illustrations: Map of Louisiana, in Dumont, [82]; Huske’s Map (1755), [84]; Mapof Louisiana, by Le Page du Pratz, [86]. | |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| New England, 1689-1763. The Editor | [87] |
| Illustrations: Map of New England (1688), [88]; Elisha Cooke, the Elder, [89];Seal of Massachusetts Province, [93]; Bellomont, [97]; Samuel Sewall, [100];Hertel, Seigneur de Rouville, [106]; The Four Maquas (Indians), opp. [107];Draft of Boston Harbor, opp. [108]; Ground Plan of Castle William, opp. [108];British Soldiers (1701-1714), [109]; Gurdon Saltonstall, with Autograph, [112];William Dummer, [114]; Jeremiah Dummer, [115]; Elisha Cooke, the Younger,[117]; Thomas Prince, [122]; Boston Light and Province Sloop, [123]; IncreaseMather, [125]; Mather Byles, [128]; George II., [130]; Popple’s Map of NewEngland, [134]; An English Fleet, [136]; Benjamin Pollard, [138]; Autographof Benning Wentworth, [139]; Portrait and Autograph of George Berkeley, [140];William Shirley, [142]; Popple’s Chart of Boston Harbor, [143]. | |
| Critical Essay. The Editor | [156] |
| Illustrations: Hannah Adams, [160]; John Gorham Palfrey, [161]. | |
| Editorial Notes | [164] |
| Illustrations: Rhode Island Twelve-Pence Bill, [172]; Rhode Island Three-ShillingsBill, [173]; New Hampshire Five-Shillings Bill, [174]; New HampshireThree-Pounds Bill, [175]; Plan of Fort Halifax, [182]; Autograph of Wm. Lithgow, [182];of Jabez Bradbury, [183]; Flanker of Fort Halifax, [183]; Restorationof Fort Halifax, [184]; Block House (1714), [185]; Plans of Fort Anson, [187]. | |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Middle Colonies. Berthold Fernow | [189] |
| Illustrations: Autograph of Jacob Leisler, [189]; of Lord Cornbury, [192]; ofGovernor Fletcher, with Seal, [194]; of Lovelace, [196]; of Governor Hunter,with Seal, [196]; of Rip van Dam, [198]; of Governor Clinton, with Seal, [202];of Governor James De Lancey, with Seal, [205]; of Governor CadwalladerColden, with Seal, [206]; of Governor Robert Monckton, with Seal, [206]. | |
| Critical Essay. (Manuscript sources, by Mr. Fernow) | [231] |
| (Cartography and Boundaries of the Middle Colonies, by Mr. Fernow and theEditor) | [233] |
| Illustrations: Cadwallader Colden’s Map in fac-simile, [237]; Map of Pennsylvania(1756), [239]. | |
| Editorial Notes | [240] |
| Illustrations: Autograph of Daniel Horsmanden, [242]; Views of New York(1732), [250]; (1746), [251]; (1761), [251]; Plans of New York City (1695), [253];of New York and Perth Amboy Harbor (1732), [254]; of New York (1755), [255];(1763), [256]; (1764, by Bellin), [257]; Heap’s East Prospect of Philadelphia(1754-1761), [258]. | |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Maryland and Virginia. The Editor | [259] |
| Illustrations: Frederick, Lord Baltimore, [262]; Alexander Spotswood, [266];Robert Dinwiddie, with Autograph, [269]. | |
| Critical Essay | [270] |
| Illustrations: Map of Maryland, opp. [273]; Map of Virginia (1738), [274]; WilliamByrd, [275]; Map of Northern Neck of Virginia (1736-1737), [277]; Williamand Mary College, [279]; Autograph of Hugh Jones, [280]; Map of Partof Colonial Virginia, opp. [280]; Fac-simile of Title of Apostolic Charity, byThomas Bray (1700), [283]. | |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| The Carolinas. William J. Rivers | [285] |
| Illustrations: Map of North Carolina (1663-1729), [285]; Autographs of theLords Proprietors (Clarendon, Ashley, Albemarle, G. Carteret, Craven, JohnBerkeley, Will. Berkeley, James Colleton), [287]; Map of Cooper and AshleyRivers, [315]; Plan of Charlestown, S. C. (1732), [330]; View of Charlestown(1742), [331]. | |
| Critical Essay. The Editor | [335] |
| Illustrations: Autograph of John Locke, [336]; Shapley’s Sketch-Map of theCarolina Coast (1662), [337]; Map (1666), [338]; Lederer’s Map (1669-1670),[339]; Morden’s Map (1687), [341]; Plan of Charlestown (1704), [343]; Autographsof John Archdale and John Oldmixon, [344]; Carolina War-Map (1711-1715),[346]; Indian Map of South Carolina (1730), [349]; Moll’s Map of Carolina(1730), [351]; Autograph of George Chalmers, [353]. | |
| NOTE ON THE LATER HISTORIES OF CAROLINA. The Editor | [354] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The English Colonization of Georgia, 1733-1752. Charles C. Jones, Jr. | [357] |
| Illustrations: General Oglethorpe, [362]; Map of South Carolina and Georgia(1733), [365]; Early View of Savannah, [368]; Tomo-chi-chi Mico, [371]; Mapof the County of Savannah (Urlsperger), [373]; Map of Coast Settlements before1743, [375]; Map of Coast from St. Augustine to Charlestown, S. C., withMap of Simon’s Island (Urlsperger), [379]; Plan of St. Augustine (1763), [381];Map of Coast of Florida (1742), [382]; Map of Harbor and Town of St. Augustine(1742), [383]; Whitefield, [388]. | |
| Critical Essay | [392] |
| Illustration: Handwriting of Oglethorpe, [393]. | |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Wars on the Seaboard: Acadia and Cape Breton. Charles C. Smith | [407] |
| Illustration: A French Frigate, [412]. | |
| Critical Essay | [418] |
| AUTHORITIES ON THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS OF NEWENGLAND AND ACADIA, 1688-1763. The Editor | [420] |
| Illustrations: Autographs of John Gyles, [421]; of Francis Nicholson and SamuelVetch, [422]; View of Annapolis Royal, [423]; Autographs of Vaudreuil, [424];of the Signers of the Conference, January 16, 1713-14 (J. Dudley, FrancisNicholson, William Tailer, W. Winthrop, Elisha Hutchinson, Samuel Sewall,J. Addington, Em. Hutchinson, Penn Townsend, Andrew Belcher, Edw.Bromfield, Ichabod Plaisted), [425]; Fac-simile of the Title of Penhallow’s History(1726), [426]; of Church’s Entertaining Passages (1716), [427]; Bellin’s Mapof Port Royal, [428]; View of Gut of Annapolis, [429]; Autograph of ThomasWestbrook, [430]; of John Lovewell, [431]; Plan of Lovewell’s Fight, [433]; Autographsof R. Auchmuty and W. Vaughan, [434]; Portrait of Sir William Pepperrell,with Autograph, [435]; his Arms, [436]; Autographs of Edward Tyngand John Rous, [437]; Gibson’s Picture of the Siege of Louisbourg, fac-simile,opp. [437]; Autograph of Peter Warren, [439]; of Richard Gridley, [440]; Bellin’sMap of Cape Breton (1746), [440]; Gridley’s Plan of Louisbourg (1745),[441], [442], [443]; Plan of Attack on Louisbourg (1745), [444]; Map of the Siege(1745), [445]; Pepperrell’s Plan of the Siege (1745), [446]; View of Louisbourg,[447]; Plan of Island Battery, [448]; View of the Entrance of Mines Basin, [449];View of Cape Baptist, [449]; Autograph of Paul Mascarene, [450]; Plan of FortsBeauséjour and Gaspereau, [451]; Autograph of Charles Lawrence, [452]; Mapof Fort Beauséjour and Adjacent Country, [453]; Colonel Monckton, withAutograph, [454]; Autograph of John Winslow, [455]; his Portrait, [456]; Autographof Colonel Murray, [460]; Admiral Boscawen, with Autograph, [464]; Mapof Siege of Louisbourg (1758), [465]; Views of Louisbourg and Harbor, [466];Portrait of General Wolfe, [467]; Plan of Siege of Louisbourg (1758), [468], [469];Plan of the Attack, [470]. | |
| MAPS AND BOUNDS OF ACADIA. The Editor | [472] |
| Illustrations: Lahontan’s Map of Acadia, [473]; Map of the French Claim(1755), [478]; of the English Claim (1755), [479]; Jefferys’ Map of Nova Scotia, [480-481]. | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The Struggle for the Great Valleys of North America. The Editor | [483] |
| Illustrations: French Soldier (1700), [484]; British Infantry Soldier (1725), [485];Popple’s Map of Lakes Champlain and George (1732), [486]; View of Quebec(1732), [488]; British Footguard (1745), [489]; French Soldier (1745), [489]; Colden’sMap of the Region of the Great Lakes, [491]; Autographs of Duquesne, [492];of Contrecœur, [493]; of Jumonville, [493]; of Villiers, [494]; French Soldiers(1755), [497]; Map of Fort Duquesne and Vicinity, [497]; ContemporaryPlan of Braddock’s Defeat, [499]; Autograph of Sir William Johnson, [502];his Portrait, [503]; Autograph of Montcalm, [505]; Portraits of Lord Loudon, [506], [507];Plan of Albany, [508]; Plan of Fort Frederick at Albany, [509]; Autographof Loudon, [510]; The Forts at Oswego, [511]; Fort Edward and Vicinity, [512], [513], [514];Fort St. Jean, [515]; Fort William Henry, [516]; View of theSite of Fort William Henry, [517]; Plan of Attack on Fort William Henry, [518];Fort at German Flats, [519]; Autograph of James Abercromby, [521];Lord Howe, [522]; View of Ticonderoga, [523]; Plan of Attack on Ticonderoga(1758), [524]; Fort Frontenac, [525]; Mante’s Map of Lake George, [526]; Autographof Jeff. Amherst, [527]; Fort Stanwix, [528]; Autographs of GeneralsForbes and Vaudreuil, [530]; Portrait of General Amherst, [531]; Fort Pitt, [532];The New Fort Pitt, [533]; Fort Niagara, [534]; Fort George on Lake George, [535];Modern Map of Lake George, [536]; Plan of Ticonderoga, [537]; of CrownPoint, [537]; View of the Ruins of Crown Point, [538]; Plan of Isle-aux-Noix, [539];Portrait of General Wolfe, [541]; Plan of the Siege of Quebec (1759), [542];Contemporary Plan of Quebec, [543]; Bougainville, [546]; British Soldiers, [547];Montcalm, [548]; Plan of Quebec as Surrendered, [549]; View ofHeights of Abraham, with Wolfe’s Monument, [551]; Map of the Campaign ofLévis and Murray, [552]; Plan of Quebec (1763), [553]; View of Montreal(1761), [554]; Plans of Montreal (1763, 1758 ), [555], [556]; Map of Routes to Canada(1755-1763), [557]; Robert Rogers, [558]. | |
| Critical Essay | [560] |
| Illustrations: French Soldiers (1710), [562]; Bonnecamp’s Map, [569]; FortCumberland and Vicinity, [577]; Contemporary Map of Dieskau’s Campaign, [585];Clement’s Plan of the Battle of Lake George, [586]; Map of Forts Georgeand Ticonderoga (1749-1760), [588]; Crown Point Currency of New Hampshire, [590];General Townshend, [607]. | |
| Notes | [611] |
| Illustrations: Autograph of William Smith, [618]; Portrait of Garneau, [619];of James Grahame, [620]. | |
| INDEX | [623] |
NARRATIVE AND CRITICAL